2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,243 1,721 37.2 35.5-38.8 2,522 62.8 61.2-64.5
-MALES 1,705 613 33.7 31.2-36.3 1,092 66.3 63.7-68.8
RACE
White 1,365 502 34.0 31.3-36.9 863 66.0 63.1-68.7
African American 251 89 35.5 28.8-42.8 162 64.5 57.2-71.2
Other Minorities 74 16 17.8 10.4-28.8 58 82.2 71.2-89.6
AGE
50-54 226 49 21.0 15.5-27.8 177 79.0 72.2-84.5
55-64 637 204 32.1 28.2-36.4 433 67.9 63.6-71.8
65-74 509 223 41.2 36.5-46.0 286 58.8 54.0-63.5
75+ 303 132 45.1 38.6-51.7 171 54.9 48.3-61.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 245 64 24.5 19.1-30.9 181 75.5 69.1-80.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 438 141 31.2 26.7-36.2 297 68.8 63.8-73.3
Some Post-H.S. 400 149 36.0 30.8-41.4 251 64.0 58.6-69.2
College Graduate 613 257 41.3 37.0-45.8 356 58.7 54.2-63.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 169 49 27.7 20.7-36.0 120 72.3 64.0-79.3
$15,000- 24,999 257 83 30.5 24.4-37.4 174 69.5 62.6-75.6
$25,000- 34,999 151 53 34.5 25.7-44.6 98 65.5 55.4-74.3
$35,000- 49,999 205 74 35.0 28.0-42.7 131 65.0 57.3-72.0
$50,000- 74,999 210 66 29.5 23.1-36.7 144 70.5 63.3-76.9
$75,000+ 416 181 39.9 34.8-45.3 235 60.1 54.7-65.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 563 215 36.5 31.9-41.3 348 63.5 58.7-68.1
No 1,132 394 32.2 29.2-35.3 738 67.8 64.7-70.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 637 275 42.1 37.8-46.5 362 57.9 53.5-62.2
Non-Veteran 1,066 337 29.5 26.4-32.7 729 70.5 67.3-73.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 987 325 30.5 27.3-33.8 662 69.5 66.2-72.7
No 718 288 38.2 34.2-42.3 430 61.8 57.7-65.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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